Description:
An acclaimed author interweaves history and legend to re-create the life of a complex man of faith fifteen hundred years ago. Winner of the 1987 Christianity and Literature Book Award for Belles-Lettres.
Brief description:
Frederick Buechner, author of more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction, is an ordained Presbyterian minister. He has been a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and was honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent work is Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith.
Review Quotes: "Ribald humor, piercing sorrows, and miraculous moments join seamlessly in Buechner's literary feast."--"Publishers Weekly""Strikingly convincing...sinewy and lyrical."--"New York Times Book Review""A grand, gaudy tale."--"The Atlantic""Exuberant...proves the power of faith to lift us up, to hold us straight, to send us on again."--"Washington Post Book World""A lusty, bawdy, teeming, festooning, dancing marvel of a book for anyone who cares about Ireland or Christianity or paganism or history or sailing or--reading."--Thomas Cahill, "Los Angeles Times Book Review"